Dec 27

Re: Sabermetric Rating of Comic Book Runs

BufferI received this e-mail today regarding the Greatest Fantastic Four runs of all time: I really enjoyed your attempt to bring rigor to the question of comic book run quality in your fantastic four article. Yeah the inputs are entirely … Continue reading

Jan 28

Death of Human Torch: RIP Johnny Storm

BufferWhich member of The Fantastic Four died in FF 587 (GET IT NOW- ALREADY A COLLECTOR’S ITEM)? Johnny Storm died. The Human Torch is dead. Johnny Storm sacrificed himself to prevent Annihilus from invading Earth through the Negative Zone portal in the Baxter … Continue reading

Jan 18

Review: Startling Stories: The Thing – Night falls on Yancy Street

BufferStartling Stories: The Thing – Night falls on Yancy Street (READ) is a 2003 Marvel Comics mini-series featuring the most popular member of the Fantastic Four, Ben Grimm- The Thing. It is written by Evan Dorkin and drawn by Dean … Continue reading

Jul 20

Best Fantastic Four Runs of All-Time Part 3: FINAL TALLY

BufferWho had the best Fantastic Four run? Who had the worst Fantastic Four run? That was the question I wanted to answer myself as opposed to believing the talking heads and parrots with no perspective or hands on knowledge of … Continue reading

Jul 17

Ranking Best and Worst Fantastic Four Runs PART 2

Buffer Well, after posting my Best Fantastic Four Creative Runs graph, as promised I finished Mark Waid’s Fantastic Four run, and added it to the total. However since Mark Waid pulled off the impossible: 30 issues, averaging 3.5 stars, I … Continue reading

Jul 16

Marvel Comic Books: Best Fantastic Four Run

BufferWhich creative team (or writer) had the best Fantastic Four run for Marvel Comics? I just started Mark Waid’s Fantastic Four run, which the message boards at the time had heralded as “the best Fantastic Four run since John Byrne”. … Continue reading

Jun 29

Comic Books in the 1970′s Sucked (Bronze Age)

Buffer Warning: this article is an informed generalization, okay? As I research all of my comics, I will eventually graph my hypothesis and present evidence either way. As someone who has read entire runs (with no skips) of Amazing Spider-Man, … Continue reading